Worrying Pop-Up on Windows 10

[JetsetBkk]

Anyone know what this is?

 

OK, never mind. I just used Google Translate on my phone.

 

The first line in red says: "Get Access"

Then, after The Infinity App logo: Sign up and start receiving profit

                                                        right now

 

Next to the envelope icon it says: You have opened access to the closed system of earnings from

                                                  $476 per hour.

I don't know what the "metallic.gold" refers to.

 

The only search results I found were for companies providing help for people scammed by the app.

My question is: how does Google Chrome let this cr@p get through and appear on Windows notifications?

I did a full Defender scan - nothing found.

 

[Meat Pie 47]

So if you know what it is why ask us?

[RichCor]

9 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said:

My question is: how does Google Chrome let this cr@p get through and appear on Windows notifications?

 

You probably visited a website that serves javascript enabled ads, and this one was being hidden until you did something to trigger it. Many websites don't care if the ad network they sign up with don't pre-screen their delivery content -- so long as they keep getting paid to push the ads with their own content.

[JetsetBkk]

Just now, RichCor said:

 

You probably visited a website that serves javascript enabled ads, and this one was being hidden until you did something to trigger it. Many websites don't care if the ad network they sign up with don't pre-screen their delivery content -- so long as they keep getting paid to push the ads with their own content.

I think you're right. I had left the laptop sitting for an hour or so on this website:

 

 

That's a snip from the same screenshot as above. I had been Googling "Tomato Router Firmware" to see if I could install it on my 3BB router, and found a link to Comparitech - don't know the full URL.

I left the laptop showing that page for about an hour and came back to see the pop-up.

Dämn Russians!

[teacherclaire]

On 7/22/2020 at 11:10 PM, JetsetBkk said:

I think you're right. I had left the laptop sitting for an hour or so on this website:

 

 

That's a snip from the same screenshot as above. I had been Googling "Tomato Router Firmware" to see if I could install it on my 3BB router, and found a link to Comparitech - don't know the full URL.

I left the laptop showing that page for about an hour and came back to see the pop-up.

Dämn Russians!

First, you'll have to change your Google settings and not allow pop ups like these.

 

    Then go to Settings then use:

Safe Browsing

Enhanced protection

Faster, proactive protection against dangerous websites, downloads, and extensions. Warns you about password breaches. Requires browsing data to be sent to Google.

 

   Then go to Extensions and use:

 

AdBlock — best ad blocker

Block ads and pop-ups on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and your favorite websites.

 

And all will be fine again. Add this website to the unwanted websites and run Malwarebytes, there's a free version that will get that. 

[JetsetBkk]

20 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

Safe Browsing

Enhanced protection

Faster, proactive protection against dangerous websites, downloads, and extensions. Warns you about password breaches. Requires browsing data to be sent to Google.

Thanks for your post, but I don't like the idea of "browsing data to be sent to Google".

 

I then remembered that I have a paid for version of MalwareBytes Premium so I ran that - full scan, both partitions, including rootkits. Took only 6 hours 38 minutes.

The amazing thing was that the CPU didn't get above 60, although I did set a fan to blow a lot of air over the laptop.

The results were: 16 "Malware/PUPs" from Nirsoft, which are just "tools of the trade" that I want, and 4 assorted Windows "tweaks" that I know about and want.

So, basically, no harm done by that pop-up.